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[Spoiler-free] Review: ‘Da 5 Bloods’ reclaims narrative of Black soldiers in Vietnam

June 25, 2020 By Al Neal

If, as a civilian observer, you find it important to experience the realities and complexities of war and racism, then Spike Lee’s latest film Da 5 Bloods is required watching.

United Nations calls for reparations to confront legacy of slavery and colonialism

June 19, 2020 By Combined Sources

George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, implored the UN: “I am asking you to help him. I am asking you to help me. I am asking you to help us Black people in America.”

AFL-CIO endorses Juneteenth celebrations happening across the country today

June 19, 2020 By Special to People’s World

The nation’s largest labor federation issued a special statement today calling Juneteenth “a day of profound meaning to Black workers, as it should be to all workers.”

If Black Lives Matter, must ‘Gone with the Wind’ be gone?

June 18, 2020 By Ed Rampell

Without a doubt, the four-hour Technicolor blockbuster about the antebellum South, Civil War and Reconstruction is problematic.

Near Trump’s rally site, African American Tulsa lives with fiery legacy

June 17, 2020 By Ellen Knickmeyer

“Just imagine, in your mind, all these homes,” Shaw said, describing the black-built houses and churches that once covered dozens of blocks where he’s walking.